Animation VFX and Game Cinematic Blog

20 Best 3D Pens for Kids 2018

If your child is artistic and loves creating, as well as being a technology whizz, we’re sure that a 3D pen is on their wishlist. These little devices have become quite popular among adults and kids alike. Many 3D pens are a great family tool, allowing parents and...

Artist Highilight: Jarred Cramer

by Neal Strydom | Animation Articles

We are really excited about this feature. Jarred Cramer is the founder of Kaos Producktions Studios and an overall hardworking, nice guy. Everytime I see him, he has a smile on his face and he is willing to chat, share a bit of banter and a few stories. So this time,...

Rico Schacherl Interview – A Legend in the Satire Cartoon World

by Ruan Smit | Honorable Mention, Illustrator Interviews

Tell us more about yourself! My name is Rico Schacherl (full first name is actually Enrico), I was born in Linz, Austria and came to SA when I was 4 years old — live and work in Jozi from my home studio with my wife Danya who also works from home as a freelance...

A Kayotic Encounter with Kyle ‘Kayhos’ Herring

by Neal Strydom | Illustrator Interviews

Today we have the awesome opportunity to chat to a friend of mine, who I met while I was studying and here at Pixelsmithstudios, we love sharing stories of artists like Kyle here. Kyle Herring made his break into the animation world not that long ago and has been...

Sam the Hedgehog needs your help in crowdfunding his film for Autism Acceptance!

by Ruan Smit | Animation Vfx and Game Cinematic Blog

April is World Autism Awareness Month – and a proudly South African crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo is asking for contributions towards a short film on the topic of autism acceptance starring a unique little hedgehog called Sam. Conceived by Johannesburg-based...

12 Best Drawing Tablets for Animation in 2018

by Matthew | Animation Articles, Animation Reviews, Graphic Designer and Illustrations, reviews

Considering most of our lives are moving online, it was only a matter of time until art took the same turn. Digital art and animation have been around for many years, but that used to require large, expensive machines to handle the drawing and animation process. Those...

Pixelating with style

by Neal Strydom | Graphic Designer and Illustrations

Today we have quite a talented individual on our blog: Walt Viviers. He is currently the Creative Director at Menzies Media, and also the person we’ll be talking to about Pixel Art. Trying my hand at some #pixelart I think it's a good start, but more importantly, I...

Artist Feature: Gat Melvyn

by Ruan Smit | Animation Articles, Honorable Mention

Recently, well, not so recently, came across this awesome account on Deviant Art and if any of you knows Deviant Art as well as you should, you find little gems stashed away in little corners filled with little shadows and every now and then, you find a decent stash...

Welcome To The Gallery – MattePaint Image Resource

by Neal Strydom | Animation Articles

So I’m going to start off by saying that this is a slightly different interview than we normally would have. In fact, this is more of a shameless punt for a website I’ve found on Artstation and I thought we simply HAVE TO write about these guys on Pixelsmithstudios....

We Interview Local Legend and Veteran Voice Actor Nick Murdoch

by Ruan Smit | Honorable Mention

We had the great pleasure of chatting with a voice actor veteran, Nick Murdoch, straight from South Africa. Nick has been in the industry for ages and worked on some great local and international projects (even one he’s not allowed to talk about yet!). If...